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For Genealogists

There is quite a bit of Information for genealogists on this site - it is best accessed using the search feature above. Note that I have almost zero additional information - it is all on the web site. If you contact me, I will be polite but I don’t have any additional information. The best additional source of info for researchers is at the Cobourg Library where they have a local history room stocked with many historical books and documents. They do have some photos on-line but not much more - you need to visit.

A good source of information is the Northumberland County Archives. Contact the archivist Emily Cartlidge by email here or County Web site here.

Harbour, Waterfront and Beach

Cobourg BeachCobourg is known for its harbour and beach. The harbour was once used by large ships - at least by Lake Ontario standards and it was originally used as an industrial port but is now purely for leisure craft. Medium sized craft can visit or call us home since Cobourg now has its own dredger to keep the harbour deep enough.

Cobourg's beach is known as the best from Toronto to about 2 hours East of Toronto and crowds on hot summer days attest to this.

In 1857, Edward M. Hodder, Commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, published in Harbours and Ports of Lake Ontario a short description of Cobourg Harbour complete with directions to it and a sketch of its layout.